Tinkering with a Making Space Workshop

January 30, 2018 8:00AM to January 31, 2018 5:00PM

Professional Development

ASTC

Hosted by:

Imagination Station

Toledo, OH

This two-day workshop will serve as a great introduction to any informal or formal educator interested in starting his or her own tinkering space. Don’t just read a case study—walk through an innovative making environment with the people who developed, opened, and re-engineered it! Find out about the successes and failures experienced when Imagination Station opened the Idea Lab in May 2016—with particular emphasis on navigating budget challenges—and get do some making and tinkering yourself in the space.

The event will also delve into how a new tinkering space (and the philosophy that embodies it) has the potential to support and amplify other institutional functions, including teacher professional development, special events, and programming outside the organization’s facility.

Stay connected to ideas, knowledge, and conversations within the informal STEM education and science communication fields.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (Award Nos. DRL-0638981 / DRL-1212803 / DRL-1612739). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.